What Impacts Our Water Levels, What Does The Future Bring, and What Can We Do About It?
by Helen Bryce, Director of Education INTRODUCTIONÂ As a child growing up here every summer, I listened to my grandfather talk about the water levels. He described a 5 - 7 year cycle; and, as a child, I noticed the water level gradually rising each summer...
Water Levels as of 05/09/22
What’s Up (and Down) with Our Water Levels?
by Janet Irving, PaBIA Education Committee In the summer of 2013, just seven years ago, we were alarmed by extreme low water levels in Pointe au Baril---forcing us to build new dock ramps, avoid shoals we never noticed before, and take long detours to our cottages...
UPDATE ON LAKE SUPERIOR OUTFLOWS AND EXPECTED CONDITIONS
Creating climate resilience while managing water levels
The goal of Georgian Bay Forever was to identify and assess a variety of engineered structural solutions, and determine the most effective and suitable configurations for the task of maintaining the water levels of Lake Michigan-Huron and Georgian Bay within a...
Great Lakes Water Levels Assessment Update
University of Michigan Graham Sustainability Institute has released their Great Lakes Water Levels Assessment Update for December 2015. View the full report >>
Low Water Blues – Results of the Mowat Study
The Mowat Centre has released their study on the economic impact of future low water levels in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River. The full study can be found here. http://mowatcentre.ca/low-water-blues/
Summer 2013 Water Levels Issues and positions
The following are links to the GBA and GBF Documents responding to the Final Report from the International Upper Great Lakes Study (IUGLS) Report as well as recent position papers by these organizations on the water levels issue. PaBIA Low water Cottage access Initial...